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New D21 Digital Index Confirms: Degree of Digitisation Reaches new High in Germany
Digitalisation in Germany is continuing its upward trend due to the increased use of digital applications. This is the conclusion of the D21 Digital Index 2020/2021, which has now been published in full by Initiative D21. The social study, which is supported by...
Digital Day 2021: aconium Sponsors “Award for Digital Togetherness”
The second Digital Day, a nationwide day of action organised by the "Digital for All" initiative, will take place on June 18. On this day, digitalisation will be made tangible and understandable with a wide range of digital offers on the topic of "digital...
The Flush Drilling Method – with High Pressure during Fibre Optic Installation
Entry point of the directional drilling on a meadow - the drill pipe, which aims diagonally into the ground, is clearly visible Photo: IBZ Neubauer When implementing broadband projects, different methods are used to lay the fibre optic cables. In contrast to "classic"...
Publication Series: New Article on Measures and Concepts for Improving Air Quality in Urban Areas
Although a significant reduction in air pollution has been achieved in German cities in recent decades, limit values are still regularly exceeded. The air in conurbations and places with high traffic volumes is most heavily polluted and affected by the highest...
News from the municipal broadband expansion
In order to be able to approach municipal broadband expansion in a planned, structured manner and with the latest legal, economic and technical knowledge, aconium GmbH has published a comprehensive specialist publication entitled "Municipal broadband expansion in...
Training Seminars for more Sustainability in the District Heating Sector
Energy-efficient district heating supply systems offer great potential for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. In order to exploit this potential, more knowledge about the next generation of district heating supply systems needs to be...
Planning Mobility Together and Implementing it Sustainably
How can participation formats be made more attractive so that citizens become more actively involved in planning processes? What needs to be paid more attention to when developing tools and methods? These key questions were discussed at a virtual stakeholder event as...
Werner Overkamp, VDV: “In the medium to long term, driverless shuttles can ensure a constant public transport service everywhere.”
Photo: Werner Overkamp, Managing Director of STOAG Stadtwerke Oberhausen GmbH. Vice President and Chairman of the Bus Passenger Transport Board at the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) Digitalization in local public transport continues to advance and is...
Gigabit expansion is progressing: over half of all German households have access to bandwidths in the gigabit range
The gigabit expansion is progressing. More than half of all German households have access to bandwidths in the gigabit range. The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has published the latest long report on the availability of broadband in...
Futures By Design: Start of the Digital Data Journey for Northern German SMEs
On 19.01.2021 and 26.01.2021, all-day kick-off workshops for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from northern Germany took place online as part of the Interreg North Sea Region project "Futures By Design". The aim of these workshops was to raise companies'...
Growth opportunities for SMEs through digitalization – GrowIn 4.0 project presents tools and methods for implementing digital transformation
Meetings for the GrowIn 4.0 project from the Interreg North Sea Region (NSR) are also currently only taking place virtually. The international partnership met from January 20 to 23, 2021, to present the tools and methods developed and tested as part of the...
The SmartUp Accelerator Network – New Opportunities for Cooperation and Development in the Baltic Sea Region
The SmartUp Accelerator platform, an offshoot of the Interreg Baltic Sea (BSR) SmartUp Accelerator project, brings together ambitious smart start-ups, influential intermediaries, established large companies and investors from the consumer cleantech sector in the...